Preface: Two roads diverged -- Introduction: Recalibrating the conservative conscience -- Part one: Second chances. My second chance gained and lost ; A second chance for the Republican Party ; A second chance for the conservative movement ; A second chance for America -- Part two: What we can do. Nine things we can do for the party and the movement ; Eight things we can do for the nation ; Thirteen things we can do for ourselves -- Parting thoughts -- Epilogue: Epistles. To Democrats ; To the Trump voters ; To the MAGA folks ; To the evangelical Christians ; To the commenters on my Facebook page ; To Congressman Jim Jordan ; To Senator Ted Cruz ; To Senator Josh Hawley ; To Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene ; To Nancy Pelosi ; To former President Donald Trump ; To President Joe Biden ; To my sons.